Favorite Modern Progressive Metal Band
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Topic: Favorite Modern Progressive Metal Band
Posted By: ssmarcus
Subject: Favorite Modern Progressive Metal Band
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 02:32
| I asked this question in a forum post before. I would like to put it into poll format. |
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 02:46
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ALL (althogh Gorjira's From Mars To Sirius would probably be my favorite album from this lot) ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 02:50
| I have to go for Leprous, although I haven't heard of many of these, let alone heard any of their music! Will try some out.... |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 02:51
| Ne Obliviscaris, from the list. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 03:00
| From the list - Mastodon. They usually share the top spot with Dream Theater for me... And this brings me to the question: Where is Dream Theater??? |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 03:10
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None of those listed are even close to being my favourite PM band, but from that list I voted Leprous. But it could just as easily have been half a dozen or more others listed, as they are all much of a muchness in how much I like them. 🤷🏻♂️ ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 03:15
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BtBaM ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 03:19
Maybe the OP doesn't consider them to be "modern prog metal" because they pretty much invented it.... They're definitely one of my favourite prog metal acts, just behind Ayreon and possibly slightly ahead of Devin Townsend, although Devy's more recent output is far better than DT's....
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A Crimson Mellotron wrote:Posted By: ssmarcus
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 04:19
| To clarify, I am using the term "modern" to disqualify any legacy legendary acts like Opeth, Dream Theater, Symphony X, etc. I know that's not a scientific or exact cut off but I am trying to isolate the new-ish acts as best I can. |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 04:40
| If Cellar Darling are classified as prog metal (which they should be IMHO) then they would be top of my list of modern prog metal artists. They're first two albums are fantastic! |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 04:46
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Animals As Leaders ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 04:53
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Lots of good bands here but I'll go with Gojira as they have no votes. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 04:59
| Haken |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 05:01
Ayreon, followed closely by Dream Theater and Porcupine Tree. I don't know any of the bands in the poll, so no surprise there again. 
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 05:43
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BtBaM The Great Misdirect still rules. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 07:03
You still need to vote my friend, as I'd already voted for them but they're still on just the one....
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 07:26
I do that all the time. I highlight the choice I want, and forget to click cast vote. I think it’s because on FB, your vote registers immediately. That’s my excuse anyway. I might go for something different, just to give some other band some support. [rolls die] Karnivool, it is, then! [/rolls die] 😜 ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 08:16
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from the list Haken but was looking to vote for Riverside ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 08:37
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Gojira does what Mastodon't ------------- 
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 08:51
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Elder, they have gathered the seeds of Mastodons Crack the Skye and expanded an entire universe from it with soundscapes and tones. Tesseract, Gojira, Mastodon, Alcest, OM, Between the Burried and Me creates also magical music. -------------  
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Posted By: Kustin
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 10:08
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Had there been "Other", I would have picked it for either Devin Townsend, Anubis Gate or Teramaze. But for the sake of options, Periphery gets my vote for growing more on me since the beginning. Vola comes second.
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 14:53
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Haken from this list. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: May 13 2021 at 16:00
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The Contortionist from this list. I also enjoy Arcane, Votum's Harvest Moon, Proghma-C's Bar-do Travels, Fen, Seiges Even, Mastodon, Agalloch, and Negura Bunget's Om. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Tasartir
Date Posted: May 14 2021 at 03:38
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Caligula's Horse from this list. Though their most recent was a misstep. ------------- ...Histoires Sans Paroles... |
Posted By: friso
Date Posted: May 14 2021 at 04:34
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Gojira gave one of the best concerts I ever witnessed ------------- I'm guitarist and songwriter for the prog-related band Mother Bass. Find us at http://www.motherbass.com. I also enter stages throughout the Netherlands performing my poetry. |
Posted By: Homotopy
Date Posted: May 14 2021 at 06:32
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By and large, Haken for me, but I'm disgusted by what they are playing now, so I'll click on BTBaM.
Btw Ne Obliviscaris looks out of place here.
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Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: May 14 2021 at 08:05
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Really love The contortionist, The Ocean, Mastadon, Gojita and Intronaut. But i cant choose between two very differents bands Elder: great band, i enjoy a lot the album "Lore" and "Omen", they are heavy psych, prog, sludge, stoner, they added a mellotrom in their last work. VOLA: the guys from Denmark are great, djent riffs + Mew melodies + Asger voice sound to me like Roland Orzabl of Tears for fears, very unique sound. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 14 2021 at 08:13
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Voted for Elder..even if I find the production of their albums downright horrendous. The drums especially get on my nerves after a while. If they just emplored a more natural way of capturing the drums they would gain so much in dynamics and tension. Oh well...the songs are all pretty good and I really dig the electronics they’ve started to implement. I also really like Vola although I wouldn’t call them progressive metal. More like metal with art-pop tendencies. Anyhoo I hope all this Toyota Corolla nonsense soon is over with, because I would love to go see these guys in a live setting. Fave modern progressive metal though for me is Oranssi Pazuzu and Waste Of Space Orchestra. They nail the production as well as incorporating psychedelic and something akin to symphonic elements to the music. Add one Finnish Navajo medicine man on vocals..and I’m sold. Indians always attracted me far more than cowboys. I blame Hiawatha and Yakari ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: May 14 2021 at 14:22
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Haken: Virus is my favorite prog-metal album ever. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: May 14 2021 at 15:18
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Easily Haken. Mastodon's Crack the Skye is of the same caliber as any Haken album, though. ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: May 14 2021 at 16:01
Likewise. I really like Haken, though: they're the only prog-metal band that comes anywhere near Riverside. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: May 25 2021 at 06:47
I agree. VOLA are not progressive metal. More like crossover prog. With their new album out, I think they should be reassessed for PA inclusion.
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Posted By: ssmarcus
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 01:38
Given your profile pic, I think we all could have guessed that  In your honest opinion, do you think AAL don't get enough love here on the archives? I personally think thats true. Like in prog metal circles outside of this place, AAL albums are very highly regarded but they kind of fall flat on this site's rankings.
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Posted By: ssmarcus
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 01:41
Can you elaborate on that? I genuinely disliked their latest record. It was sloppy and meandering. They do not seem to be cut out for making long purely heavy albums. WIthout that ecclecticism characteristic of everything up to Affinity, they can't seem to hold their own.
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Posted By: ssmarcus
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 01:44
I hear this. They seem to employ the techniques of post-rock production (think Russian Circles or Cult of Luna) which I guess makes sense from a certain point of view but it absolutely eliminates the drums' punchiness.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 01:44
| Mastodon |
Posted By: ssmarcus
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 01:45
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To everybody that said "from the list" - who else would you have included here? Ill reiterate, I deliberately did not want to include Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Opeth, etc. I wanted that next tier or generation of bands to be reflected in this poll. So I am indeed curious what else was deserving to be here.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 01:46
yep that is the feeling I have now although I did like Vector. The latest (bar the first track) is near unlistenable for me.
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Posted By: ssmarcus
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 01:47
I mean Ill take Crack the Skye over any Haken album any day of the week (no disrespect to Haken). Honestly Id taken Crack the Skye over most albums of any genre of any era any day of the week...
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Posted By: ssmarcus
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 01:50
Literally word for word my feelings exactly. I have a feeling I am going to like looking at your top rated albums lol
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Posted By: ssmarcus
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 01:55
One man's train wreck is another man's classic I guess I genuinely can understand why someone might like Virus but I am going to go out on a limb here and say you haven't been keeping up with prog metal generally over the previous 10 years before virus was released. Is that a fair assessment? I don't say that in a condescending manner, I just believe that for people who have been consistently following the modern prog metal scene are likely to find Virus a fairly unoriginal attempt at capturing that sound. If Im wrong on this, let me know. No sense in me continuing to believe an inaccurate intuition
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Posted By: ssmarcus
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 01:59
I just clicked on the first track listed on Spotify... Im blown away. Thank you for this! However, if that track is anything to go by, this is definitely more of a heavy prog group.
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Posted By: ssmarcus
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 02:20
Based on your taste in music, you are obviously a scholar and a gentleman.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 02:30
nice poll, tough choice, I like a few bands here quite a bit, some i don't care for, true, but great poll anyway. 
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 06:29
| none from the list, no vote |
Posted By: ssmarcus
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 06:33
Who would you pick? |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: May 29 2021 at 09:51
As I said, I also enjoy Arcane, Votum's Harvest Moon, Proghma-C's Bar-do Travels, Fen, Seiges Even, Mastodon, Agalloch, and Negura Bunget's Om. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: May 30 2021 at 17:46
| Animals as Leaders. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: September 28 2022 at 00:07
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Mastodon ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: September 28 2022 at 00:45
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Definitely have to go with Gojira. The Link, From Mars to Sirius, and The Way of All Flesh are like a modern metal holy trinity for me But I'd also put Between the Buried and Me, Mastodon, Animals as Leaders, and Protest the Hero as strong runner-up bands ------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: September 28 2022 at 13:54
| Elder followed by Gojira, Mastadon, The Ocean and VOLA in that order |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: September 28 2022 at 23:59
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Almost none from the list, some are ok to me |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: September 29 2022 at 01:20
| Voted Elder. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 29 2022 at 01:43
Of that list, I've only heard a bit of Haken and Leprous... that's it. I seem to remember thinking that both were OK, but not enough of my thing to start exploring their discographies. Maybe if I'd given them more time and repeated listens, I'd get hooked on them, but I just didn't have the inclination.... 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 14 2025 at 07:21
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Vola got my vote. One of the best bands in recent years.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 14 2025 at 08:38
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I don't know any of the bands in the poll so my irrelevant non-vote goes to Ayreon.
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: March 14 2025 at 08:59
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^ If you want to sample, here's one of my favorite tracks from my favorite releases. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to: 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 14 2025 at 09:14
BTBAM is not exactly my thing. There is a Romanian band called White Walls that apparently is very much influenced by BTBAM and i like that band quite a bit. https://whitewalls.bandcamp.com/album/grandeur" rel="nofollow - https://whitewalls.bandcamp.com/album/grandeur
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Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: March 14 2025 at 09:44
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Haken Mastadon
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 14 2025 at 09:52
This
post is almost four years old, but I see that this poll confused a few people. And
I'm not really sure what is considered Prog Metal, or PM enough. I
might have done this as must not have released its debut album before
1998 or something like that. I was going to say post 2000, but the late
was a good year for releases on the metal side. I like lots included
in PA's Experimental/ Post Metal and various of it I have not really
thought of as metal, such as Uboa. I also like in that category Boris,
maudlin of the Well, Neurosis, but that was founded in the 80s, Pelican,
Sigh.... I anyway, I went with Between the Buried and Me from the list.
There are albums I like included in all of the metal categories at PA
(and in all of the categories at PA, for that matter). EDIT: Reading though page two, looks like there is some very good stuff mentioned for me to check out more from. |
Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: March 14 2025 at 10:21
| Animals as Leaders. |